The Pike County Bulldogs traveled to Jack to take on rival Zion Chapel on Tuesday afternoon. The Bulldogs sent two pitchers to the mound and picked up an 8-3 win over the hosting Rebels.

The win for the Bulldogs improves their record on the season to 5-11, which evens up last year’s win total when they went 5-20.

“Being able to match last season’s win total despite only having one senior and losing two key starters to injury says a lot about this team’s resiliency,” said Bulldogs head coach Taylor Barnes. “However we are not satisfied with just matching the win total from last season. Our focus now shifts to our final area series against Daleville starting this Thursday.”

Qua Walker got the start for the Bulldogs. Walker pitched 1.1 innings and allowed one run on one hit and walked six batters. Chance Brunney came in and pitched the rest of the way for the Bulldogs. He came in with the bases loaded in the second inning, but got out of the jam with a groundout and strikeout. He totaled 5.2 innings and allowed two unearned runs on two hits while striking out seven batters.

Brunney and Julius Allen went 1-3 at the plate with an RBI. Brunney also scored two runs.

Joseph Jordan scored two runs in the game while Matt Morrow, Walker, Tyrese Johnson and Ryan Brown all scored one.

The Bulldogs return to area play today when they travel to take on Daleville beginning at 5:30 p.m.